Joseph Atwill will present his
controversial theory Oct. 19 in London that the New Testament was
written by first-century Roman aristocrats as part of a
sophisticated government project to help pacify Jews in occupied
territories.

Julius Caesar

Atwill, author of "Caesar’s
Messiah," claims he’s found ancient confessions by the
scriptures’ authors that they invented Jesus Christ and his story as
basically a form of propaganda.

"Jewish sects in Palestine at the
time, who were waiting for a prophesied warrior Messiah, were a
constant source of violent insurrection during the first
century," Atwill said.

"When the Romans had exhausted
conventional means of quashing rebellion, they switched to
psychological warfare. They surmised that the way to stop the
spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a
competing belief system.

That’s when the ‘peaceful’ Messiah
story was invented. Instead of inspiring warfare, this Messiah
urged turn-the-other-cheek pacifism and encouraged Jews to ‘give
onto Caesar’ and pay their taxes to Rome."

He says that Jesus was not based
on an actual historical figure, but Atwill argues that the events of
his life were overlaid on top of actual events from the First
Jewish-Roman War, waged by Emperor Titus Flavius in
Palestinian territories.

"The biography of Jesus is actually
constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but especially on
the biography of a Roman Caesar," he says.

The documentary shows that
Jesus is not a historical figure, the events of

Jesus' life were based on a
Roman military campaign,

his supposed second coming
refers to an event that already occurred,

the teachings of Christ came
from the ancient pagan mystery schools,

and the Gospels were written
by a family of Caesars and their supporters

who left us documents to
prove it.

Atwill said he understands that
his theory is bound to upset Christians, and he’s hoping skeptics
will come to challenge him after his lecture as part of a symposium,
"Covert Messiah," along with Kenneth Humphreys, author of "Jesus
Never Existed."

"Although Christianity can be a
comfort to some, it can also be very damaging and repressive, an
insidious form of mind control that has led to blind acceptance
of serfdom, poverty, and war throughout history," Atwill says.

"To this day, especially in the
United States, it is used to create support for war in the
Middle East."

Biblical
scholars will be appearing at the
'Covert Messiah' Conference

at Conway
Hall in London on the 19th of October

to present
this controversial discovery to the
British public.

American Biblical scholar Joseph
Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first
time in London on the 19th of October to present a
controversial new discovery:

ancient confessions recently
uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament
was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they
fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ.

His presentation will be part of a
one-day symposium entitled "Covert Messiah" at Conway Hall in
Holborn. Full details
here.

Although to many scholars his theory
seems outlandish, and is sure to upset some believers, Atwill
regards his evidence as conclusive and is confident its acceptance
is only a matter of time.

"I present my work with some
ambivalence, as I do not want to directly cause Christians any
harm," he acknowledges, "but this is important for our culture.

Alert citizens need to know the
truth about our past so we can understand how and why
governments create false histories and false gods. They often do
it to obtain a social order that is against the best interests
of the common people."

Atwill asserts that Christianity did not
really begin as a religion, but a sophisticated government project,
a kind of propaganda exercise used to pacify the subjects of the
Roman Empire.

"Jewish sects in Palestine at the
time, who were waiting for a prophesied warrior Messiah, were a
constant source of violent insurrection during the first
century," he explains.

"When the Romans had exhausted
conventional means of quashing rebellion, they switched to
psychological warfare. They surmised that the way to stop the
spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a
competing belief system.

That's when the 'peaceful' Messiah
story was invented. Instead of inspiring warfare, this Messiah
urged turn-the-other-cheek pacifism and encouraged Jews to 'give
onto Caesar' and pay their taxes to Rome."

Was Jesus based on a real person from
history?

"The short answer is no," Atwill
insists, "in fact he may be the only fictional character in
literature whose entire life story can be traced to other
sources. Once those sources are all laid bare, there's simply
nothing left."

Atwill's most intriguing discovery came
to him while he was studying "Wars of the Jews"
by Josephus [the
only surviving first-person historical account of first-century
Judea] alongside the New Testament.

"I started to notice a sequence of
parallels between the two texts," he recounts.

"Although it's been recognized by
Christian scholars for centuries that the prophesies of Jesus
appear to be fulfilled by what Josephus wrote about in the First
Jewish-Roman war, I was seeing dozens more.

What seems to have eluded many
scholars is that the sequence of events and locations of Jesus
ministry are more or less the same as the sequence of events and
locations of the military campaign of [Emperor] Titus Flavius as
described by Josephus.

This is clear evidence of a
deliberately constructed pattern. The biography of Jesus is
actually constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but
especially on the biography of a Roman Caesar."

How could this go unnoticed in the most
scrutinized books of all time?

"Many of the parallels are
conceptual or poetic, so they aren't all immediately obvious.

After all, the authors did not want
the average believer to see what they were doing, but they did
want the alert reader to see it. An educated Roman in the ruling
class would probably have recognized the literary game being
played."

Atwill maintains he can demonstrate
that,

"the Roman Caesars left us a kind of
puzzle literature that was meant to be solved by future
generations, and the solution to that puzzle is 'We invented
Jesus Christ, and we're proud of it.'"

Is this
the beginning of the end of Christianity?

"Probably not," grants Atwill, "but
what my work has done is give permission to many of those ready
to leave the religion to make a clean break. We've got the
evidence now to show exactly where the story of Jesus came from.

Although Christianity can be a
comfort to some, it can also be very damaging and repressive, an
insidious form
of mind control that has led to blind acceptance
of serfdom, poverty, and war throughout history.

To this day, especially in the
United States, it is used to create support for war in
the
Middle East."

Atwill encourages skeptics to challenge
him at Conway Hall, where after the presentations there is likely to
be a lively Q&A session.

Joining Mr. Atwill will be fellow scholar
Kenneth Humphreys, author of the book "Jesus
Never Existed."